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Month: February 2018

Curtiss Celebrates Fifth Birthday
22Feb By Aumnibus StaffNo Comments
Campus, News, University

Curtiss Celebrates Fifth Birthday

Our favorite bird has turned five this year! February 22nd 2018 Curtiss celebrated his birthday with his closest friends at the final Women’s and Men’s basketball games. With cupcakes, prizes, and photo fun Curtiss rang in his fifth year in flight on AUM’s campus. Curtiss the Warhawk was named after the Curtiss P-40 fighter jet stemming from Montgomery’s rich military history. Curtiss and his family engage in on campus events as well as diving into the community to soar through events. If you or your organization would like to request Curtiss for an event you can request his through the AUM athletics webpage. Happy Birthday Curtiss and Bird is the Word! By Darya Farsinejad
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AUM Students Participate in Higher Ed Day 2018
22Feb By Aumnibus StaffNo Comments
News, University

AUM Students Participate in Higher Ed Day 2018

It’s a warm mid morning in downtown Montgomery where hundreds of college students from around the state gather to march to the state house for Higher Ed day.  In an effort to speak up about the price of college and the rises in tuition. With a university degree comes a big price tag. This annual event allows student’s voices, thoughts and opinions be heard. With bands playing, the crowd chanting and a unifying power of speech college students completed the march and gathered to watch Student Government officials all sign their names on a poster for the event. “Higher Education Day gives students the opportunity to share their experiences in public higher education with legislators who control our state funding. It is imperative that we show up and advocate for our university. We want legis...
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“Weightless” Allows Audience Members to Fly Free
16Feb By Aumnibus StaffNo Comments
Arts, Theatre AUM

“Weightless” Allows Audience Members to Fly Free

Neil David Seibel’s production of Weightless takes the audience on a journey into a fairy tale unlike any other. The show’s opening sequence doesn’t use a single word, yet still manages to captivate its viewers with otherworldly music and lights. The elemental characters dance and float across the stage, presenting themselves as mystical beings, setting the scene of a young girl swimming and floating in water. Before long, we learn that this particular girl, Lucie, is unlike any other. She laughs when she is distraught, she falls up instead of down, and she swims all day in a magical lake created by her mother. Oddest of all, the girl has no gravity; she is personified air. Seibel uses clever tactics throughout the show to simulate the girl when she floats away by utilizing the eleme...
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Theatre AUM Now Showing “Weightless”
15Feb By Aumnibus StaffNo Comments
Arts, Campus, News, Theatre AUM, University

Theatre AUM Now Showing “Weightless”

Auburn University Montgomery’s theater is producing a brand-new play called “Weightless.” This will be the very first time the script is being produced. It was written by Meghan Reimers. She is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts degree as a member of the playwright’s lab at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. “Weightless” is a fantastical and magical play that centers around a young boy named Caleb, a young woman named Lucie, Lucie’s overprotective mother, Marie, and her plotting aunt, Julie. The play exists in a world of magic. Lucie is cursed with no gravity and is bound to a lake. Caleb wanders in on the lake and that begins his love affair with Lucie. I spoke with AUM’s Director of Performance Studies, Neil David Seibel. He is also the director of the play. I asked h...
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Ready to Mingle: A Guide For Singles on Valentine’s Day
14Feb By Aumnibus StaffNo Comments
Opinion

Ready to Mingle: A Guide For Singles on Valentine’s Day

We sprinted into the New Year, and then January flew by before we knew it. Now Boom! It’s February and you are constantly greeted with pink hearts and red roses. Just a blink and you see the words Be Mine written in elegant script everywhere. With Valentine’s Day at our door step, many of us are not lucky enough to have a Valentine’s Day sweetheart. You may think that February 14th of every year is the biggest drag in the world. With candy, teddy bears, chocolate, and sappy cards, it seems that you are drowning in a riptide of love! Even though you are single on the loveliest day of the year; I promise you don’t have to be all by yourself. There are tons of things that you can do, to make it a special evening for yourself. So, sit back, relax and see what strikes your fancy. Have a m...
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Theatre AUM’s Big (Top) Performance at KCACTF
10Feb By Aumnibus StaffNo Comments
Arts, Campus, News, Theatre AUM, University

Theatre AUM’s Big (Top) Performance at KCACTF

On February 8th, Theatre AUM went to Americus, Georgia to perform their production of Woyzeck at the Rylander Theatre as one of five productions in Region 4 chosen to attend the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. All of the 23 cast and crew members attended KCACTF. The cast included: Kodi Robertson- Woyzeck, Brittany Vallely- Marie, Faith Roberts- Margaret, Jonathan Meinsler- Showman, Brandon Baggin- Captain, Antonio George- Drum Major, Amy May- Sargent, Kate Saylor- Doctor, Chris Mascia- Andres, Kiersten Mattox- Zirkus, Tara Fenn- Gypsy, and Kaylee Baker- Child. Kodi, Brittany and Kate were also chosen to audition for the prestigious Irene Ryan Award for outstanding acting. Brittany and her scene partner, Kiersten, ultimately got passed through to the Semi-Final round o...
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